Award Honoree:Sue Siegel Board Member, Align Technologies Board Member, Illumina, Inc.
Interviewed By:Mark RadcliffePartnerDLA Piper
Track A: Advancing Innovation In 2020 and Beyond (Main Stage)Track B: Venture Voyages: Leveraging The Rise of CVC In Traditional Venture (Monterey Ballroom)Track C - Executive Leadership Briefing – Closed Door (Big Sur)
Moderator:Ken GatzCEOProseeder
Houman HaghighiBusiness Development PartnerMenlo VenturesInterviewed By:Grant AllenGeneral Partner SE Ventures
Interviewed By:Ellen Ehrenpreis PartnerOrrick
Next Generation AI:Understanding How AI Cuts Across Every IndustryA decade ago, very few would have predicted that we would now find ourselves part of a new and exciting era of computing technology driven by Artificial Intelligence. While AI algorithms have been around for several decades, until fairly recently there were essentially no real world examples of meaningful Deep Learning applications deployed in practice. Please join Jeff Herbst from Nvidia, who will be interviewed by George Hoyem of InQTel, as they discuss the reasons behind this major new wave of computing, as well as the current and future applications which will continue to drive us toward our AI future.Jeff HerbstVice President of Business Development and Head of Nvidia GPU VenturesNvidia
Interviewed By:George HoyemPartnerIn-Q-Tel
Keynote Panel: Catalyzing CVC (3:50 – 4:20 pm)Participants:Kevin Barnes, VP and Managing Director, FergusonSanjiv Parikh, Managing Partner, AvantaGrant Allen, General Partner, SE VenturesInterviewed By:Tracy Isacke,Managing Director, Silicon Valley
Session 1:AI Innovation ShowcaseRegency Ballroom Session 2:Building and Running a World Class CVCMonterey BallroomCreating and running a world class CVC fund boils down to two critical factors: Getting the design right and Learning how to think and execute like a Venture Capitalist. Led by Paul Holland, Managing Director of the Corporate Investment Practice at Mach49 and Partner at top-tier Silicon Valley VC fund Foundation Capital, this workshop will cover both these topics. Paul and his team will lead participants through a set of exercises for designing a CVC and present them with an execution model for delivering great outcomes – all built on best practices from Silicon Valley and top performing CVCs. Global businesses like TDK, Hypertherm, Goodyear and others will be there to share their experiences during the session and an exercise workbook is included. If you are looking to start a CVC or ideas for tuning up the performance of your existing CVC, this workshop is for you.Session 3:CVC 2.0: Lessons Learned in a Changing LandscapeBig Sur 1 &2Facilitated By: SidleyCVC continues to play an ever-increasing role in the investment landscape. In 2018, US CVC investors more than doubled the value of deals in which they participated and set new highs in deal count (1,065), deal value ($60.8 billion) and number of unique CVC investors (212) and furthermore, CVC portfolio companies first funded between 2008-2012 have completed profitable exits at higher rates and gone bankrupt at much lower rates than companies without CVC investment.*Join us for an energetic and interactive discussion of the lessons CVCs and entrepreneurs have learned over the last few years with a focus on the larger issues investors and entrepreneurs are tackling such as: a. New Entrants to VentureEarly-stage investing is no longer limited to CVCs and financial VC investors - investors such as sovereign wealth funds, private equity funds, hedge funds and family offices who in the past tended to avoid early-stage investing are starting to get in on the action. However these new entrants have different expectations concerning investment strategy, returns and control and can dramatically impact the investment dynamic. How can this convergence of investors with differing goals and expectations all play well together and avoid the landmines? What impact does it have on the entrepreneur? b. What lessons have entrepreneurs learned and what are the take-aways for investors? c. How successful has corporate venture capital been and what does the future hold?*Source: PitchBook 2Q 2019 Analyst Note: The Golden Mean of Corporate Venture Capital Session 4:The Rise of The Venture StudioLudovic Ulrich, Partner, Silicon Foundry Steve Gotz, Partner, Silicon FoundryBig Sur 3Unpanel 5:Global Healthcare CVC PlaysHosted By: ABVCAP and Apex BrazilWindjammer 3Unpanel 6:Crossing The Chasm: Raising The Bar For CVC PerformanceWindjammer 4Unpanel 7:AG TechHarrie Vollaard, Rabo Frontier VenturesCypress 3Unpanel 8:Setting & Amending KPIs – Measuring Strategic ValuePresented by David Horowitz, Co-Founder of Touchdown VenturesWindjammer 1Unpanel 9:BenchmarkingCypress 1Selina Troesch, Touchdown VenturesUnpanel 10:CVC ImplementationThe HubUnpanel 11:EnergyCypress 2
Jim AdlerFounding Managing DirectorToyota AI Ventures
Interviewed By:Sandi KnoxPartnerSidley